US Patent Issued to IDEXX Laboratories on July 22 for "Method for removing interfering components of a liquid sample prior to dispensing same on a chemical reagent test slide" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,506, issued on July 22, was assigned to IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (Westbrook, Maine).

"Method for removing interfering components of a liquid sample prior to dispensing same on a chemical reagent test slide" was invented by Pamela Ann Cacavas (Naples, Maine), Lucius S. Fox (Gray, Maine), Robert W. Lachapelle (Leeds, Maine), Wendy O'Malley LePage (North Yarmouth, Maine), Evan M. Peck (Gorham, Maine), Dominic Pelletier (Raymond, Maine), Eric Allen Steva (Saco, Maine) and Murthy V. S. N. Yerramilli (Falmouth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method using a chemical analyzer for removing a component of a liquid sample which may inter...